the fire is now 30% contained. how did it start? the initial report from a resident it was a controlled burn that got out of control. but a spokeswoman said they were not doing any controlled burns but that does not mean a private citizen is burning vegetation, if so that is illegal. investigators are working to figure out if that was the cause. if a citizen was burning vegetation in the area. cal fire says so far it is only that brush has burned. no vines in the area. 3 homes threatened at this hour in napa county. reporting live, mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. >> now to our chief meteorologist bill martin. how are the conditions effecting the fire? >> we had a rain a while ago but the winds are strong.

there is a wind advisory in effect. the first thing i noticed from the story here, topography play as big part. a stuff, rough area with vertical ridge lines there, tough to get at. we have got wind out of the north. to the map, i will show you where the fire is. the winds are coming across the ridge. gusts up to 20 miles per hour, 30 miles per hour near the fire zone. 13% humidity, 70 degrees temperatures. any firefighter will tell you, even this time of year, any wind will create an issue for firefighters. winds are blowing, the wind advisory has been extended till 10:00 today. i will be back here, we will

talk about your weather forecast. the search for victims of the so-called "speed freak killers" moved once again. investigators moved from the loans to calvarus county. this is near san andres. ktvu's 10-p is live with this unexpected turn. >> reporter: that search is taking place a quarter mile down this gravel road. earlier today we saw what appeared to be a forensic's van heading down the road hours after the search began. they are only saying the such is part of an ongoing investigation. >> sheriff's suv blocked the road so we couldn't get close but that doesn't mean that we -- >> yellow? evidence tags.

or they couldn't see that search. >> people digging. people pulling brush out. the brush is heavy. you can see, investigators walking down. this is a canyon. she heard them exshame. >> we are successful. and that is when they started digging some more. >> reporter: earlier two remains were found in this same area. investigators led here by a map drawn by wesley shermantine who along with loren herzog are believed to have killed 20 people. the map pointed to abandon wells. one well already excavated contained a thousand bone fragments. neighbors say she is not surprised. >> no. not at all. [ laughter ] >> reporter: why?

>> because i think there is more back there. we live here. we know. we hear, you know? >> reporter: we talked to several neighbors who knew wesley shermantine, they knew then he was bad news and his family owned property down here. as for the search, that is taking place where investigators are still looking for a second well. that is near the town of linden. near san andres. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. lawmaker is pushing pushing for more resources for the search. she introduced a bill to provide state funds for the such. she has personal connection to the story. her cousin disappeared in 1980. police speculated she might have been one of the "speed

freak killers" victims. she was asked if she would like to speak to wesley shermantine. >> i would thank him for what she doic. i know it -- doing -- what he is doing. i know it takes courage. >> costs already topped $90,000. teams of agents with warrants hit several spots today. targets? suspects pedaling child porn. ktvu's tom vacar is live with all the agencies involved and the arrests. >> reporter: here is the situation. we think it is still very much active but this is what we know right now. >> team of 75 agents and officers working for as many as 20 different agencies made arrests early this morning. >> so far we served four

warrants and made three arrests. >> reporter: the males were a teen, and two others. >> imagine the worst of the worst, this is worst than that. innocent to children. >> reporter: other warrants are still outstanding for people who engaged in the file sharing. >> the crime is growing, grows 150% each year. the fastest growing crime in the united states. >> reporter: most neighbors didn't want to speak but two did. >> i was disgusted. hard to say what people are doing. i was surprised to find out someone so close to us had that involvement. >> i don't know what to say because very nice neighbors. very quiet. surprised. >> i seen him for a year and a

half to two years. >> reporter: 20 arrests have been made in the bay area in the last few months and police say most of the accused previously had no criminal records. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. some people living in vallejo returned home after a car crash that created a gas leak. a man served, lost control and crashed into a home at noon today. it severed a gas line and that prompted the evacuation of six homes. residents now went back home. no one was injured. republican presidential hopeful mitt romney campaign in arizona which holds its primary on tuesday. he spoke to the contractors meeting in phoenix. he mocked rick santorum

performance last night. >> we saw rick santorum explain most of the night why he did or voted for things he disagreed with. he talked about this as taking one for the team. which team was he taking it for? [ laughter ] my team is the american people. >> he said if he is elected he would end government favoritism towards unions. newt gingrich is falling behind but today he campaigned on his energy platform. he held a rally in washington. he repeated his claim as president he would bring the price of gas down. when he was speaker of the house the average price was $1.19 a gallon. >> when president obama was sworn in the price was $1.89. so trying to get between $2 and $2.50 is closer to the norm. think of it as the preobama

norm. >> washington state's caucus will be held march 3. the owners of a tourist bar pseudotheir landlord in their fight against eviction. they were handed a eviction notice in december, giving them 90 days to get out. today they sued for breach of contract. the lease allows them to stay till the building is renovated or demolished. >> many people hung out here and now through what we allege to be trickery, they are being asked to terminate this tremendous old historical establishment. >> an attorney for the landlord says the operators knew the owner has the right to end the lease on short notice. the number of people filing

jobless claims remains at low. 351,000 people filed claims last year. that is the same as the week before. the figures provide evidence the job market is continuing to improve. california had the biggest decrease, down 8500 from the previous week. san francisco mayor is leading an effort to make housing more affordable. he wants to increase the number of homes for moderate wage earners. the mayor is looking for other ways to create a $50 million a year housing trust fund. he is hoping to have a proposal in november. stocks ended on a high today. the markets rose after the unemployment report. the s&p is up 6 to 1,363. close to a 4 year high. the dow is up 46 points to 12,985. the nasdaq is up 24 to 2,957. tomorrow we will get the latest

report on new home sales. scary moment said in san francisco when a woman becomes trapped under neath a street car. what firefighters had to do to get her out. police are looking for this woman. she was captured on surveillance video. we continue to cover the developing story, a wile fire in the heart of wine country. more information when we come back. denny's new sizzlin' skillets are here for a limited time.

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. we continue a follow developing news. a fire in napa county. we have new information from cal fire. we got couple minutes ago. this fire at soda canyon road and silverado trail grown to 35 acres and 50% contained. those are the newest numbers we have. our chief meteorologist bill

martin is monitoring the conditions. we will check in with him in a moment. close call for a woman in san francisco who was trapped under a muni street car. ktvu's sal castaneda is live with pictures of how she was rescued. and how she got there. >> reporter: you can see the cars are running again. just about caught up on schedule after a pedestrian ended up underneath a train. the woman will come out of it with just cuts and bruises. >> reporter: at first it didn't look good for the woman. at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon, the woman was trying to get to the other side by stepping over the coupling, in between trains with her dog. a very dangerous maneuver. >> as she went to cross, her dog couldn't make it over the

coupling, he lifted the dog up to take him over and at that point that is when it moved westbound. the woman became trapped and dragged a short distance, ending up stuck underneath the train. firefighters had to use jax to lift the train up. witnesses said they didn't expect the woman to survive. >> she was down. i was happy to see her. i told her what happened? >> reporter: as the rescue continued a crowd gathered, watching firefighters. >> took 15-20 minutes for them to lift the train enough to remove her. as they slid her out applause from both sides. there were almost 100 people while this happened. >> reporter: that woman was taken to the hospital and,

again, she is -- considering what happened, her injuries will be minor after what happened. trapped underneath the car. sal castaneda, ktvu channel 2 news. police say the woman in surveillance footage is responsible for stealing a donation jar. they were collecting money and planning on a trip to india to deliver the donation. it happened on tuesday. that same day another business reported its donation jar had also been stolen. police have not said if they are connected but if you recognize this woman, contact police. a family will return from their vacation to a loss after a fire gutted their home. a neighbor saw flames over night and called sunshine 11. fire crews were concerned the four people were caught in the

fire. the cars were in the driveway but a search turned up no sign of anyone inside the house and officials learned the family is away in china. >> devastated by the loss of their home but we have good news, no one was inlunch and everybody was safe. the only thing we loss was the structure. >> the investigators are trying to determine what caused the fire. thousandsthousands of pg&e customers lost power because a seagull flew into the wires. it touchupped two power lines. it killed the bird and knocked out power ta6600 customers. crews had power back by 8:30 and 12:30 and they replaced one of the lines with an insulated wire to protect birds. our coverage of the developing story in wine country.

our chief meteorologist bill martin joins us. talking about the fire. >> wind advisory is a big deal. the winds allowed the fire to move around. we have live video. i don't have any new information but i have to say, in looking at the pictures, it does look as though the smoke is diminishing. the smoke, this is a smaller fire here, it t was vertical, and then it layed down. the winds have really began to howl. wind gusts 25, 35 miles per hour. napa area, north at 17. winds stay strong into the evening hours. this is what you get in the atmosphere, beautiful, clear conditions. i was in the east bay hills today, by the observatory, you see the sierra nevada from here. that doesn't happen all the

time. second day in a row, santa rosa 80 degrees. that broke the record of 78. oakland 78. ties the record. not hot but warm for this time of year. it is february and it doesn't feel like it. everything changes tomorrow. starts to cool off. the winds back down and more clouds into your forecast. more day time highs from today. i showed you yesterday's highs. this is almost a duplicate of tomorrow's high temperature map. 62 in pacifica. nice. 74 in san jose. 77 livermore. 75 antioch. the way it breaks out, the wind advisory stays in effect, winds strong, they are not as northeast as they were forecast. instead of funneling like they can do, gusts to 45, seeing it along the ridge line here. running more northly.

the wind advisory till 10:00 tonight in the napa area, 35 miles per hour. humidity 13%, 14%. i can remember fires in march, but i can't remember a february fire with that much smoke. and it blew off the smoke and it is still going. that says a lot about this year. overnight lows, 45 oakland. 45 hayward. 38 napa. cooler as we head into friday. cooler for the weekend. when i come back, i got the five-day forecast with your weekend in view. the big top returned to san jose today. cirque du soliel sets up for its nexproduction. they -- for its next production. it will take the company a week to install the entire cirque du

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we continue a follow developing news. a fire is burning out of control. you see fire crews on the scene in napa county, soda canyon road and silverado trail. they are working on very difficult terrain. there are winds to think about and as well we have been dry for the past several months. mike mibach is on the ground, we will check in with him at 5:30. a first of its kind military industry. >> we are making progress with rebuilding our flights of cutters, aircrafts and boats. >> he delivered the first state of the coast guard speech away from washington, d.c. they are now assigned to coast guard island and he says the service needs more ships like them.

>> we know the ships, aircraft and boats that we buy will not shape but in large part will define the next 50 years of capabilities. >> he says the coast guard is making progress with rebuilding its fleet but many ships need to be repaired or replaced. construction gets underway in months on a stadium for the san jose earthquake soccer team. they approved to build the stadium. during a meeting the commission up held the permit and denied an appeal made by a neighborhood group who raised concerns. he wants the stadium open bionics year. the woman who created "harry potter" announced her new book and this one is for grown ups. j.k.

rowling announced he has an agreement to put out the new book. the title, release date and details haven't been put out yet. it has been 5 years since the final "harry potter" book was released. the book will be very different from the "harry potter" series. a death in the oakland hills. police are treating it like a homicide. a u.s. senator and this san francisco pharmacy are sounding out about a national contraceptive controversy. and we are going to go live to our reporter on the ground, the scene of the fire, new information from mike mibach coming up in just a minute. getting ready to plant?

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complete bay area news coverage continues, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. following developing news in the north bay. a wildfire is burning out of control. we have ben monitoring the story. -- been monitoring the story. ktvu's mike mibach is on the scene. let's go live to mike for the newest information. >> reporter: i did obtain new information. a spokeswoman called me 5 minutes ago and told me the fire burned about 35 acres and 50% contained. three homes are still threatened. you can see the peak in the distance. the smoke is coming up from the fire. the first call came in at 12:32. when they arrived on scene, a

dozen acres have burned. crews got on the scene immediately. 140 firefighters on the ground trying to contain the fire. they sent two choppers on the fire. no aircrafts up there because cal fire says they weren't ready, it is february, they weren't expecting a fire. if the fire gets more out of control and they can't get more containment, they will launch the planes if need be. there was a report from the person who called about the fire this was a controlled burn that got out of control. cal fire said they weren't doing controlled burns. the same goes for the napa fire department. it doesn't mean a private citizen was burning vegetation and then it got out of control. that is illegal. there are investigators up there on the scene trying to determine the cause. we have another crew up closer to the fire. they will feed me information

as they get on scene of the flames. reporting live, mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the new information mike brought us. 35 acres burned. the fire is 50% contained and three homes are threatened. we have another crew on the scene as well. wean monitor the story and bring you an update. man found dead inside his home today and people who knew the victim says he wouldn't hurt a fly. police are treating it as a homicide. ktvu's rob roth tells us what let to the discovery of the body. >> reporter: police have been here all day long. a small quiet street in the oakland hills. investigating a death of a 78- year-old man who never bothered anyone. >> reporter: police received a call this morning. >> the call came in from a

concerned friend. received to our dispatch center. we have investigators on scene. >> reporter: joseph robertson lived in the home. >> stunned. >> reporter: that was the reaction of his nephew. a former san jose police officer. he said he used to work as a graphic artist and lived a quiet life. >> my uncle was the kindest and gentlest human being. >> reporter: police released few details and doesn't say how he died. he said his uncle lived alone. neighbors spoke about safety. >> we have seen a lot of home break ins in the last year. i don't know of any homicides. there was one in berkeley the other day. it is scary. >> he didn't have it coming.

i can't think of why anyone would want to hurt him. >> reporter: every sunday he would go out for ice cream. police are asking anyone who knows anything to give them a call. reporting live, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. police are investigating four shootings that happened in an 11 hour period. first was last night at 9:14. two hours later together one and then at 2:00 a.m. and the most recent at 8:00 p.m. this morning. an 18-year-old was shot riding his bicycle. the conditions of the victims range from critical to grave. investigators do not believe they are related. police haven't released any motive and have not arrested any suspects. the police department is reaching out tathe community for help. -- reaching outlet to the community for help.

>> the community really needs to be involved. the police department can only do so much. we are reaching out. >> it follows 12 others last weekend. a ban on the sale of fire arms in residential areas. the police chief says she in favor of a ban because of gun thefts and violent crime. it would include gun smiths but sales would be permanented in the court-martial districts. other cities have similar bans. barbara boxer stepped into the contraceptive controversy. ktvu's david stevenson is live where the senator spoke today. >> reporter: barbara boxer's visit comes as 7 states today

filed a lawsuit over a federal requirement that employers offer health insurance that includes contraceptives. who believes in birth control and if not why? >> reporter: the mention of birth control brought boos last night. after weeks of controversy. >> republicans -- it is having a ripple effect. >> reporter: barbara boxer came to san francisco to highlight the republican backed amendment. it is attached to highway legislation. >> every employer in america could say they have a objection, a moral objection and they don't have to provide any service that they deem

morally unacceptable. >> gets out of the house, i can't see this becoming national law. >> reporter: he says it sacontroversy that so far hasn't hit home for his customers. >> overblown. the women will continuing using the birth control. >> reporter: he says birth control account for 10% of the total prescriptions filled at his pharmacy. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. president obama has issued an apologize to afghanistan's president for the burning of the qur'ans. it set off angry protests that led to the death of two american troops. the u.s. deaths came when a afghan solder opened fire in an

act of retaliation. the president vowed those responsible for burning the qur'an would be held accountable. the u.s. military is trying to determine what caused two helicopters to collide, killing 7 marines. it happened near the california- arizona state line at 8:00 p.m. last night. the two helicopters were from camp pendalson in california and six of the dead were based there. the 7th was from yuma. >> there are officials at the crash site right now doing as much as they can. they will be reviewing all the information that will lead to a conclusion as to what led to it. >> it was conducted in a remote section of the complex, which is meant to replicate afghanistan where they were heading. just mind blowing. the words being used by the new leader of apple today.

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a wildfire is burning in napa county. we have been following the

developing news. news chopper two is over the scene. fire crews are on the scene. the flames broke out at 12:30. 6:00 p.m. and the fire is 50% contained. 35 acres have burned. soda canyon road and silverado trail. our chief meteorologist bill martin tells thus fire is fueled by strong winds and keep in mind, dry conditions, we are staying on the scene. we have a number of crews covering it. we willbri you information as we can throughout the newscast. that apple share holders meeting the ceo said apple will introduce mind blowing products this year. the company has more cash than it needs to operate. in answer to question about a stock split he said the board

is considering it but it wouldn't domatia for the company -- wouldn't make sense for the company. stock hit $500 a share. this ad claims hotness comes in all shapes and sizes. if you look at the three women in the ad, they appear smaller than the average woman size. pepsi is spending millions to launch its latest variety of soda. it has 60-calorie as can. it doesn't taste like diet soda. it is slated to hit stores at the end of march. pay what you can cafes are a success. they are opening two more to help feed the hungry.

they started opening cafes last year were customers are told what the meals are worth and they pay what they could afford. i am ready tosupply a space craft, why this is -- to supply a space craft, why this is key to the future. your bay area weekend, we will look at the bay area weekend with your five-day forecast. i will see you back here. you made is so good.

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the bay area research center is helping with the retooling of nasa. ktvu's john fowler gives us a look and how it is opening the door to the future. >> reporter: nasa researchers are opening the door to the future of aerospace. with the most realistic flight simulator. i am bringing the space shuttle in for a landing. my inproducter. >> things happen quickly. you only have one shot. other aircraft are difficult. >> reporter: avenue astronaut learned to fly the shuttle here and it helped engineers improve the shuttle.

here a few feet off the ground, no risk of actually crashing. >> breaks. >> reporter: but how will future space craft fly? this allows engineers to type tune the flying qualities before it is even built. >> the sense of motion is important for a human, for a pilot. >> reporter: we learned nasa agreed to reprogram the simulator for this space ship, the dream chaser. to speed development, feed back from pilots will help make it easier to fly, more stable, safer. >> very important that you recreate those sensations. >> reporter: air ship controls are also in the works. they improved flight controls

already and helping design this 90 passengers tiltrotor airliner. >> take the next step and go into something that looks like and feels like a real vehicle that you will fly. it is going to give you a better answer. >> reporter: with less risk. john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. when the stars walk the red carpet this sunday that oscars it won't be at the kodak theaters. they agreed to drop all renss to the kodak theater and call it the hollywood and highland center. kodak is now in bankruptcy proceedings. >> sure that we see it, the kodak the name for the last time. >> the theater is marked with

the kodak name still. no word if it will come down before sunday. when firefighters arrived they found a colony of bees on fire. hundreds of be hives were burning. no word yet on what caused it. we are continuing to follow developing news from napa. the wildfire that is burning. it is 50% contained. it is burning on soda canyon road and silverado trail. 35 acres have burned. there were 140 firefighters battling the flames. it is difficult to reach terrain. i was listening to a firefighter, he said by tonight they hope to have 200 firefighters on the scene. they have 2 helicopters dropping water. one of the concerns weather and we want to go to our chief meteorologist bill martin for more.

>> i wouldn't call it hot but it is warm. temperatures in the record level. about that fire, cal fire not really geared up for fires this time of year so they had trouble getting people out because it is not fire season. wind advisory for the next few hours. outside, current temperatures are in the 70s. santa rosa set a record, upper 70s. right now 73 degrees. napa 73. warm day out there. the winds dying down tonight. tomorrow it will cool off. the wind direction shift as little bit. bay area weekend a few clouds, and nowhere to go but cooler. doesn't mean rain. just cooler. 80s in february, upper 70s. low 8ies. big deal. unusual to say the least. santa rosa 80. san jose 74. tomorrow, declining.

still warm. 70. 70 san jose. 70 livermore. nice. very warm. continued warm. not as warm. high pressure weakens. that gave us winds today. as that weakens, temperatures in response to the low, drops. and that is the trend. going into the 60s on saturday and sunday. low 60s. still really, really nice. blossoms on the tree were going off today. tree pollens moderate to high range. yelly represents 70s yellow represents 70s. 71 in gilroy. 71 in morgan hill and san jose. five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. unique forecast to say the least. no rain. long range models are not bullish on the opportunity for rain. if they are, next week, a chance of rain, but nothing

significant. so if it rains it is a quarter of an inch. not even that. they are not forecasting what we need which is a series of wet weather systems and there is no sign. >> i keep thinking each day you are going to say there is a huge storm coming up. >> hasn't happened. that is all we did last year. this year no storm. >> thank you. firefighters in san francisco are sounding the alarm about the high rate of breast cancer in their rank. aren't they, kids?

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the san francisco firefighters got new ammunition to fight breast cancer. they are concerned it may be due to the hazards of their job. >> we absorb it through our eyes, neck, our skin, hands. >> she says firefighters are exposed to toxic suit at every fire and she is wondering if that led to her breast cancer diagnosis. we brought you to the story last night. 16 san francisco firefighters in their 40s have been diagnosed with breast cancer. that is 13% of that age group.

compare that to 1% nationwide. she said she takes steps to protect herself but worries it is not enough. >> i will shower after a big fire. or not even a big fire. go home the next day, go to the gym in the morning, all of a sudden i swear i fell through my pore's suit. >> san francisco fire crews are selling breast cancer t-shirts. the firefighters and the cancer foundation are calling for more medical research. just in, new information on what caused the grass fire in napa that has been burning for hours. mike mibach will be live with what he learned in the past couple of minutes. clean up is underway at a

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is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. live in napa county. we learned how the wildfire started. burned 35 acres and moved close to homes. i am julie haener. >> i am frank somerville. the fire danger is real tonight and in the last 15 minutes we learned how the wildfire started. we have live team coverage tonight. our chief meteorologist mill b is tracking the condition. first oo -- first to ktvu's mike mibach. all of this began with a controlled burn. mike? >> reporter: that's right. we confirmed it was a controlled burn on private property that got out of hand. we are here in the heart of napa valley. you can see the smoke coming up from the fire. right now three homes are threatened. the fire burned 35 acres